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Blue Jackets vs. Lightning March 30, 2010

COLUMBUS, OH - MARCH 30: Rick Nash #61 of the Columbus Blue Jackets high fives fans on his way out to the ice for the warm-up prior to the start of the game against the the Tampa Bay Lightning on March 30, 2010 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/NHLI via Getty Images)

He's only 17 but he can see the ice so well and he moves the puck and goes to the open ice all the time, so I just think he's a player that is ready to play in the NHL. I'm really looking forward to coaching someone like this.

— U.S. National Junior Team coach Ron Wilson on Auston Matthews, the projected No. 1 pick of the 2016 NHL Draft